Sunday, September 18, 2011

Pulmonary Embolism

In case you are wondering, Decker was misdiagnosed as having a heart attack when he died. An autopsy was ordered by the police, and it was discovered to not be a heart attack but a Pulmonary Embolism brought on by Deep Vein Thrombosis.
This is another medical condition that doesn't have to be fatal if it is diagnosed and treated properly.

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The autopsy was ordered by the police as part of the investigation as to why he died. It was done before his body was released to the mortuary. I believe it was done the day after his death, I'd have to look at the results. It took a few months, with toxicology reports, to get the results back, but my attorney told me to request a copy and I did.

I haven't looked at them in a while, but his official cause of death was a pulmonary thromboemboli brought on by deep vein thrombosis. The autopsy results showed his heart was perfectly normal.